Program areas at Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau
Convention sales and services: raise the volume and quality of Convention meetings business booked in the Greater Milwaukee area, which in turn benefits the Wisconsin center, hotels, visit Milwaukee partners, and economy of the Greater Milwaukee region.
Public relations and communications efforts promote the Greater Milwaukee region on a local, regional, national, and international level to meeting planners, Visitors, and residents. Public relations focuses on both leisure and Convention tourism, increasing the impact of paid marketing to increase visitor traffic to the Milwaukee area.
Marketing efforts coordinate all external communications, paid advertising, e-marketing, and social media for both conventions and leisure tourism. The department identifies marketing opportunities and develops short and long-term marketing strategies to attract overnight Visitors from outside the Milwaukee area.
Personnel at Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Peggy Williams-Smith | President and Chief Executive Officer | $306,554 | 2024-10-03 |
Meisha Bridges | Chief Financial Officer | | 2024-10-03 |
Joshua Albrecht | Chief Marketing Officer | $141,847 | 2024-10-03 |
Megan Suardini | Chief Marketing Officer / Vice President MKG Comm / Senior Director MKG Comm | $123,170 | 2021-12-31 |
Luis Ayala | Vice President Finance and Assistant Secretary / Vice President Finance / Vice President of Finance | $113,996 | 2022-12-31 |
...and 23 more key personnel |
Financials for Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau
Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $6,650,035 | $5,056,369 | 31.5% |
Program services | $1,195,490 | $861,077 | 38.8% |
Investment income and dividends | $11,406 | $2,753 | 314.3% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $252,291 | $4,558 | 5435.1% |
Total revenues | $8,109,222 | $5,924,757 | 36.9% |
Organizations like Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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Meet Minneapolis | 501(c)(6) | Minneapolis, MN | $13,673,742 |
Choose Chicago (CCTB) | 501(c)(6) | Chicago, IL | $32,848,040 |
La Crosse County Convention and Visitors Bureau | 501(c)(6) | La Crosse, WI | $2,566,631 |
Yakima Valley Tourism | 501(c)(6) | Yakima, WA | $2,944,847 |
Loudoun Convention and Visitors Association Association | 501(c)(6) | Leesburg, VA | $3,900,857 |
Distinctly Fayetteville (FACVB) | 501(c)(6) | Fayetteville, NC | $3,191,408 |
Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (RACVB) | 501(c)(6) | Rockford, IL | $3,133,223 |
Arlington Convention And Visitors Bureau | 501(c)(6) | Arlington, TX | $9,283,738 |
Great Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau | 501(c)(6) | Alton, IL | $2,870,146 |
Regional Office Sustainable Tourism | 501(c)(6) | Lake Placid, NY | $7,661,865 |
Data update history
January 10, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 9, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
December 27, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 5 new vendors, including , , , , and
August 20, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
July 27, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Business and community development organizationsConvention and visitors bureausHeadquarter / parent organizations
Issues
Community improvementEconomic development
Characteristics
MembershipsState / local levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteering
General information
- Address
- 648 N Plankinton Ave 220
- Milwaukee, WI 53203
- Metro area
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
- County
- Milwaukee County, WI
- Website URL
- visitmilwaukee.org/Â
- Phone
- (414) 287-4237
- Facebook page
- visitmilwaukeeÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 39-1079432
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1967
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- No
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- S30: Economic Development
- NAICS code, primary
- 561591: Convention and Visitors Bureaus
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
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